Ellen Gilchrist Quotes

I'm all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.

I want to work for myself, and I do work for myself. I make plenty of money working for myself.

All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.

You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.

I make a good living doing what I do.

I always made a decent living.

I'm proud I've been able to pay my rent doing what I love because I hate real jobs.

I'm an entrepreneur, a businessman. I've got a lot of money, and that doesn't go very well with the whole 'starving artist in a garret' routine.

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.

If you work, you should not be poor.

My husband, David Simon, and I make our livings using our imaginations.

By helping New Yorkers turn their greatest expense - their home - into an asset, Airbnb is a vehicle that artists, entrepreneurs, and innovators can use to earn extra money to pursue their passion.

I didn't want to limit my income so I decided to master all aspects of stunting.

What we've found was that people were utilizing Eventbrite to turn their passions into revenue-generating ventures.

I feel bad for guys in other sports that never work a job. Think about it, most MMA fighters have had to do something for money whereas a guy who was an athlete in college sport then went straight to the pros, he's never had a skill outside of sport.

I loved being able to support my family by making Vines.

Everything in our lives revolves around our jobs, as much as we hate to say it. Where we live at, where our kids go to school, what we eat, what lifestyle we live, depends on the income we bring in and being able to provide for your family, and that's your employment.

Working a model liberated me from ever having to hold a day job. I transitioned from doing that to working full-time as an artist. If you're 19 and living cheap, being an artist model can sustain you. I dropped out of college at 21 and my illustration hadn't yet taken off. It is more than working in a store. It is a hard way to make a living but you earn more than in a similarly unskilled job.

I'm not stupid. I would like to have some businesses that grow so I won't have to be out there on the road when I'm 44.

Never depend on a single source of income.

The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.

If you want a solid future, you need to create it. You can take charge of your future only when you take control of your income source. You need your own business.

You just have to keep at it and budget yourself; be prudent. It's art, so you really don't go into it to make a zillion dollars, but there's definitely bills to pay, and I want everyone in the band to have a salary and whatever they need.